Practicing Positive Psychology Coaching Assessment, Activities and Strategies for Success

This practical guide reports the latest positive psychology research findings and offers specific, detailed explanations of coaching interventions from a positive psychology perspective. Each intervention is clearly outlined and, where appropriate, illustrated by case studies from organizational and life coaching. Filled with reflective exercises, this book enables positive psychologists and coaches to enhance their own development and, ultimately, to grow their practices.

Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is known as the "Indiana Jones of positive psychology," becuase his studies on strengths and happiness have taken him to such far-flung destinations as Greenland, Spain, Kenya, Israel, and India. He is the coauthor, with Ben Dean, of Positive Psychology Coaching: Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients (published by Wiley) and, with his father, Ed Diener, of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth, (published by Wiley-Blackwell). In 2005 Dr. Biswas-Diener founded Positive Psychology Services, LLC, a training and coaching consultancy. He and his colleagues train thousands of professionals in approximately 15 countries annually.